Last year's module and information is available here.
Check out the CS411 Forum - for any Q&A
· The examination proportion between coursework and exam has changed to: exam 50%, coursework part 50%
· Exam length has shortened accordingly to 2 hours;
· The coursework part is further divided into: paper presentation 30min 15% as previously and larger coursework assignment of 35%
· Moreover, the coursework part is different for the two cohorts, MSc and MEng, as follows:
o MSc paper presentation can be either done via a powerpoint presentation, or a presentation using one of our adaptive delivery systems;
o MEng paper presentation has to use one of our adaptive delivery systems;
o The MSc coursework assignment can be done, as in the past, either by using one of our authoring systems for adaptation, or by selecting a programming assignment (for the latter, you need to notify me)
o The MEng coursework assignment has to be a programming assignment (different options will be given to you separately, but you can also propose to me your own ideas for approval)
|
Week |
Monday 11:05-12:55am, room CS104 |
Tuesday 11:05-11:55pm; 12:05-12:55pm, room CS101 |
TO DO & Deadlines |
|
|
1 (9Jan-) |
Introduction;
read: AdaptiveContentPresentation.pdf;
AdaptiveNavigationSupport.pdf;
OpenCorpusAEH.pdf;
Privacy-EnhancedWebPersonalization.pdf;
UsabilityEngineeringforAdaptiveWeb.pdf
PersonalizationECommerce.pdf |
Read chapters and papers as specified in presentation; deadline (group formation): Thursday, 12:00 noon (see below info) |
||
|
2 (16Jan) |
Reading material: Authoring system
examples, demos Read: original LAOS paper; extensions |
Seminar: Delivery system (ADE) Demos and coursework 1. Authoring system (MOT4) demo & coursework. Instructions MOT4; |
Read chapters and papers as specified in presentation; Coursework 1.1, deadline (accounts): Thursday, 12:00 noon |
|
|
3 (23Jan) |
read: Generic-UM.pdf; UM.pdf; UserProfilesforPersonalizedInfoAccess.pdf |
Read chapters and papers as specified in presentation; Coursework 1.2, deadline (topics): Thursday, 12:00 noon |
||
|
4 (30Jan) |
Adaptation languages: LAG
language; |
Read chapters and papers as specified in presentation; |
||
|
5 (6Feb) |
Read chapters and papers as specified in presentation; Coursework 1.3, deadline: Thursday, 12:00 noon |
|||
|
6 (13Feb) |
SW: OWL |
Read chapters and papers as specified in presentation |
||
|
7 (20Feb) |
SPARQL lecture and notes
|
Web 2.0; Towards
Adaptation in Learning 2.0and Social
Personalized Lifelong Learning |
Read chapters as specified in presentations; Coursework 1.4 deadline: Thursday, 12:00 noon |
|
|
8 (27Feb) |
Collaborative Filtering Online lecture: |
Collaborative Filtering Online lecture: |
Read chapters and papers as specified in presentation; submission deadline for Seminar presentations: Thursday, 12:00 noon |
|
|
9 (5March) |
Demos (Seminar). GAT usage
instructions; GAT
system ; an older GAT (Graphical
authoring system) presentation (GAT) |
Demos (Seminar). GAT usage instructions; GAT system ; |
Read chapters and papers as specified in presentation; |
|
|
10 (12 March) |
Q&A Session on Final Presentations and Coursework |
Exam preparation Q&A |
Presentation Seminar/workshop: Wednesday, 14th
of March: 11am – 5pm, CS101 Overall deadline Coursework assignment:
26th of April, Thursday, 12:00 noon |
Students will be organized in groups of 3 for performing seminar presentations and coursework. Group composition should be announced in the first week (see deadline and information above).
Coursework will be handed at the lectures as well as announced online and the deadlines will be announced for each individual coursework. All coursework is to be done in groups. The departmental policy of feedback states that you should receive your feedback within 4 (working) weeks of your assignment. Starting this year, MSc students and MEng students will have some (marked) assignments with different coursework.
As part of the assessment, each group will present at the seminar a topic of their choice from the given literature. Seminar powerpoints (MSc) or CAF+LAG files (MEng) (one per group) should be delivered as per presentation deadline. More information and the Presentation dates are as per schedule above.
The academic aims, learning outcomes and module content are described here.
The module aims to introduce student to advanced concept in web-based systems, such as Adaptive Hypermedia, Adaptive Web-based systems, authoring of adaptive Hypermedia, the Semantic Web and its applications and the Social web and its applications.
The module will discuss various aspects of adaptive systems, with a special emphasis on their many applications in information technology and education. The lecture component of the module has the following main goals:
The assignment work component of the module has the following main goals:
On successful completion of the module students should be able to:
The module will follow new developments in the field. Typical topics will include:
There is no single book for this course. As current research is aimed at, some modifications will occur in time. Some sample books are given below.
Dr. Alexandra Cristea
Jonny Foss
A mock-up exam is available. Previous year's exam paper is available at cs411 exams. For Semantic Web, OWL and RDF questions, see also these old database exams.